Marga Ortigas
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Marga Ortigas | |
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| Born | Margarita Ortigas |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Media Communications Consultant |
| Years active | 1991-present |
Margarita Ortigas(generally known asMarga Ortigas) is a writer and media communications consultant who previously worked as a correspondent forAl Jazeera English.
Career
[edit]Marga Ortigasis a writer, journalist, and media professional who blogs and does consulting work. She has over 25 years experience in broadcasting in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Early work
[edit]Ortigas began her career as a news anchor, reporter and producer atABS-CBNandGMA Network,in the Philippines.[1]
CNN International
[edit]Ortigas was a field producer, editor, and reporter withCNN Internationalnews based in London from 2000 to 2005 and spent considerable time in Baghdad and the Middle East on assignment. [2][3]
Al Jazeera English
[edit]Ortigas was the Senior Asiacorrespondentfor Al Jazeera English, travelling the region extensively for 11 years.[4][5]She covered all aspects including the growth of China, tensions on the Korean peninsula, cross-border and internal conflicts among ASEAN states, and the many natural disasters around Asia. She also reported extensively on both the aftermath ofSuper Typhoon Haiyanin the Philippines in 2013, and theGreat East Japan quakein 2011.
Ortigas is one of the original correspondents of Al Jazeera English, having joined the channel at its inception in 2005.
A strong multi-media story-teller,[6]she is on Twitter,Facebook,and other platforms. She also keeps a blog oni-migrant
In 2011, Ortigas was recognised by theInternational Committee of the Red Crossfor Humanitarian Reporting.[7]
Early life
[edit]Ortigas was educated atAteneo de Manila Universitywhere she studied journalism and communications, and at theUniversity of Greenwich(UK) where she gained a Masters in Literature as aBritish Council Chevening scholar.In addition to English, she speaks Spanish and Tagalog.
Filmography
[edit]- 1991-1996:GMA News Live(GMA Network)
- 1992-1996:GMA Network News(GMA Network)
References
[edit]- ^A babe in BaghdadArchivedNovember 29, 2009, at theWayback Machine
- ^CNN - Transcripts
- ^At Least Three Killed in Manila Bus Blast
- ^A Pinay in Al JazeeraArchivedDecember 26, 2008, at theWayback Machine
- ^Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting: Transcript of Press Conference, 19 May 2008ArchivedJune 29, 2008, at theWayback Machine
- ^Ortigas, Marga."Marga Ortigas - Writer, Media Communications Consultant".Marga Ortigas.
- ^[1]ArchivedDecember 22, 2011, at theWayback Machine